DEC aims fine at gas driller over water pollution from PA
The state Department of Environmental Conservation wants to fine a Buffalo-area natural gas driller $187,500 for water pollution coming into Allegany State Park from company gas wells and roads across...
View ArticleUPDATED: This weekend on Capital Green Scene
Our guest will be Assembly member Robert Sweeney, chairman of the Environmental Conservation Committee, who will talk about some proposed environmental laws now under consideration at the Capitol....
View Article*** UPDATED *** This Weekend on Capital Green Scene
Our guest will be Tracy Brown, a water quality expert with the environmental group Riverkeeper. We will be talking about issues affecting the river, including problems with ongoing sewage spills that...
View ArticleRensselaerville lecture set on oceanic garbage patches
The former environmental writer for Time magazine will speak Saturday at the Carey Center for Global Good. Eugene Linden will be joined by essayist Lance Morrow to discuss issues including...
View ArticleHow an oil spill could spread in the Hudson River
At Tuesday’s drill of a simulated Hudson River oil spill in Orange County, the state Department of Environmental Conservation released this map (click on “map” to see this …) that showed how quickly a...
View ArticleTappan Zee bridge funding foes sue state
Groups that were against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to use federal water quality funds to support part of the construction of a new Tappan Zee Bridge are taking him to court… Per a this press release...
View ArticleSen. Gillibrand joins toxic microbead ban push
With efforts to ban plastic microbeads from soaps, shampoos and other personal care products stalled in New York, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is joining with U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to...
View ArticleFeds, state end boat sewage dumping in two Finger Lakes
It might seem that flushing out a boat sewage system in Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake _ two lakes surrounded by beautiful Finger Lakes wine country _ would have been banned long ago. But such a ban is...
View ArticleEnvironmental groups press Gov. Cuomo on Hudson PCB cleanup
Four environmental groups have written to Gov. Andrew Cuomo asking that the state push General Electric Co. to expand its PCB cleanup of the Hudson River and stop dismantling a critical PCB processing...
View ArticleWater line extension around Glenville chemical plume to begin
The state has awarded a $1.7 million construction contract to the Ticonderoga firm of Reale Construction for a water line extension for neighbors around the former Kenco Chemical plant in Glenville....
View ArticleHealth groups ask Gov. Cuomo to block gas pipeline projects
Health professionals wrote to Gov. Andrew Cuomo today asking the state to “hold or deny any expansion of natural gas transmission and storage projects, until and unless their safety can be demonstrated...
View ArticleLake George looks to cut highway road salt to lake
As part of efforts to reduce the amount of road salt getting into Lake George, the Lake George Association has purchased a package of sophisticated salt-spreading equipment for the town’s highway...
View ArticleCapital Region communities get $5.5m state grants for water project repairs
The cities of Albany,Troy, Rensselaer and Mechanicville, as well as the Albany County town Coeymans, received about $5.5 million from the state to help pay for repairs of aging water and sewer systems....
View Article$41 million pollution dredging project planned for Hudson River at Rensselaer
The state Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing a $41.3 million project to dredge pollution from the Hudson River at the former BASF industrial dye factory on Riverside Avenue. DEC...
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